The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1887-07-28
Ohio DemOcracyI

Thursday, nominated the following
ticket: Governor, Thomas E. Powell,
Of Delaware County; 1t. Governor,
George Tyler, Of Brown County; Aud
itor of State, Emil Kiesewetter, Of
Franklin County; Supreme Court
Judges, L. J. Critchfeld, of Holmes
County, long term, Virgil P. Kline, Of
Cuyahoga County, short term.
THE PLATFORM.
The Democratic party of Ohio, in
convention assembled, proclaims its
hearty and unqualified Endorsement of
the honest, patriotic and economical
administration of President Cleveland.
We move to insert, after the word
"patriotic" ic"-''to the Southern Con-
federacy," as being more appropriate,
as we'll as truthful.
We demand such judicious reduction
of the present burdensome tariff as
shall result in producing a revenue
sufficient only to meet the expenses Of
an economical administration Of gov
ernment, the payment of liberal pen
sions to Union soldiers and sailors,
and the payment of the interest and
principal Of the public debt: and, if
necessary, we favor such reduction of
Internal Revenue, except on liquors,
as will prevent the accumulation Of a
surplus in the National Treasury.
And we denounce any attempt to
abolish the tax on liquors for the pur-
pose of keeping up the present unjust,
unequal and onerous tariff system.
The great consuming desire of the
Democratic heart has been, for a long
time, to reduce the tariff; to approach
free trade; to secure free trade. But
there is a CLEAN Of hope when the
Democracy protest against the removal
of the tax on whisky.
We denounce the present Republi-
can State administration as weak, par
tisan, personal and unbusiness-like;
we call upon the people of Ohio to
turn out Of power State Govern
ment whose only apparent mission is
to augment expenditures, multiply
offices, create deficiencies and increase
taxation with the bankruptcy of the
treasury as the ultimate result; we
denounce the late Republican Legis-
lature for its cowardly and hypocrit-
ical alliance, through intrigue with
the Republican Board Of Public
Works and Republican Attorney Gen
eral, in scheme whereby millions of
dollars worth of the property of the
State is to be transferred to corpora
tions interested in creating monop-
oily of transportation without the
State or the people thereof receiving
any benefit therefrom.
It is always interesting to pause and
inquire into Democratic politicians
ideas of bankrupt Treasury. The
Democratic party generally goes out of
power with the accounts balanced
that is, all that came into the treasury
having been taken out. The present
Republican administration has been
reckless, in that it has made the Peni-
tentiary pay it's way and save some
thing besides. And this recklessness
and un-Democratic conduct has reach
ed to other departments of State
work. But here comes the funny
part:
We demand the fullest safeguards
for the ballot box, the punishment of
all who seek to corrupt it, and the en-
actment of law making it felony
for corporations, capitalists and en-
ployers to intimidate or attempt to
control the political action of their
employees.
The most exciting Democratic ex-
perience Of the past year has been a
desperate struggle of some Demo-
cratic politicians to keep out Of the
Penitentiary, on charge of forging
tally-sheets.
We declare in favor Of proper regu-
lation of the liquor traffic, and believe
it to be the duty of all good citizens
to aid in reducing to a minimum the
evils resulting therefrom and to this
end favor the submission of an amend
ment to the constitution providing
for the license of such traffic.
That sounds Democratic-"license
the Internal traffic, then laid in reduc-
ing the evils resulting therefrom.
The other planks of the platform are
as follows:
We call attention to and affirm as
sound doctrine and policy the follow
ing emphatic and patriotic language
of President Cleveland: "Our public
domain is our national wealth, the
earnest of our growth and heritage of
our people. 1t should promise limit
less development and riches, relief to
a crowding population and homes to
thrift and industry. These inestima-
BILE advantages should be jealously
guarded, and careful and enlight-
ened policy on the part of the Govern
ment should SECURE them to the peo-
ple."
We demand that all lands of the
Government be held for actual settlers
who are citizens of the United States
and for those who declare their inten-
ton to become such.
We are i'll hearty sympathy with all
peoples struggling to free themselves
from the environments of despotism,
and especially does the long and gal
liant struggle of Ireland for the price
less boon Of home rule and the rights
Of manhood evoke our warmest ap-
plause and command our heartiest
good wishes for speedy success.
Labor being the chief factor and
great conservator of free and liberal
institutions, should enjoy its full share
of the common benefits derived there
from, therefore we favor such re-
straints of the centraliAation and en-
croachments of corporate power as
bring the best possible protection to